--- Anthony Hoskins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Good day folks,
>
> I am trying to update my wxPython package so I can
> run Boa Constructor.
> I have tried installing from source, but encountered
> some errors which I
> don't remember now, but could probably replicate if
> need be.
>
> I also tried installing via apt-get, which left me
> with an outdated
> distrobution of wxPython, and currently i'm getting
> the message when trying
> to start Boa: Sorry! This version of Boa requires
> atleast wxPython 2.4.0.7
>
> So I tried to get the packages from the wxPython
> site, but they only have
> packages for Redhat, and I think Mandrake. I then
> tried to download and
> convert with alien two packages:
>
> // redhat 9 package for gtk2-ansi Python 2.2:
> alien --to-deb
> wxPython2.5-gtk2-ansi-2.5.3.1-rh9_py2.2.i386.rpm
>
> //redhat 9 package for gtk-ansi python 2.2:
> alien --to-deb
> wxpython2.5-gtk-ansi-2.5.3.1-rh9_py2.2.i386.rpm
>
>
> the first pacakge for gtk2-ansi won't even work, but
> the second package for
> gtk-ansi creates a new deb package just fine. This
> package can be run with
> Package Manager it seems, but when I try to install
> them I get the following
> errors:
>
> // BEGIN ERROR
>
> <2.5-gtk-ansi-2.5.3.1-rh9_py2.2.i386.rpm;echo
> RESULT=$?
> error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - No
> such file or directory (2)
> error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
> RESULT=1
>
> // END ERROR
>
> I've tried using apt-get to get libdb3 but it says I
> already have the latest
> version. Is this some kind of problem with the
> package trying to use a redhat
> setup on a debian machine? If you know of a link to
> a site that already
> discusses this, I could use it.
>
> *note* a lot of my problems (not rpm problems) might
> be because this is the
> runtime, and not the common release, however you can
> only install one version
> of wxPython and I don't really know how to uninstall
> it. Will the common
> release from apt-get work, or will I need to
> uninstall this completely?
>
> If this post belongs better somewhere else, please
> let me know and I will
> repost it accordingly. Thank you in advance for any
> time you take to help me
> out.
>
> P.S. I'm a complete newbie to Linux, so please bare
> with me.
>
why don't you try?
#apt-cache search wxPython
It will show a list of packages once you find the one
you need then:
#apt-get install [packages]
Regards.
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